Yeah. I'd say on average, we would maybe be able to construct a single new kilometer of cyclepath for that amount of money, not even including all those public administration man hours for several years before the construction crews do the actual digging and paving. It can cost significantly less if the terrain is flat and it's out in the open, but often enough more. For instance, when you need to purchase the land from someone, when you're crossing a river or a road, or when drainage is difficult to build.

I wonder how long that stretch is that cost 600k GBP.

Edit: 13 km (or 8 miles)? A lot of that cycleway must have existed already.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Funnily enough they never put the cost in the headline, when they report on car infrastructure being built.

[–] LemmyTellYou@lemmy.cafe 4 points 6 hours ago

So true!

Also, I was quite surprised it’s 280km. Pretty impressive

[–] absquatulate@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9868e3gp5yo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp333p76l2go https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy90rd142xwo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2rm8evv7eo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn48wgy4relo

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 points 20 minutes ago

I knew this was going to happen.